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Daniel 2:21Dan.2.21

And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

C'est lui qui change les temps et les circonstances, qui renverse et qui établit les rois, qui donne la sagesse aux sages et la science à ceux qui ont de l'intelligence.

KJV

And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

Patristic reading

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  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    Job 9, 10 μέγας ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός· μέγας ὁ Dan. 2, 21 ἀλλοιῶν καιροὺς καὶ χρόνους, μεθιστῶν βασιλεῖς Ps. 113, 7 καὶ καθιστῶν, ἐγείρων ἀπὸ γῆς πτωχὸν καὶ Luke 1, 52. 53 κοπρίας ἀνιστῶν πένητα. καθεῖλεν δυνάστας ἀπὸ θρόνων,…
  • Gelasius

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    νων ἐν φθορᾷ 6—S. 18, 2 vgl. Eus. H. E. X 4 p. 865, 5—865, 7 — 6 Psal. 47, 2. 7 Hioh 5, 9. 9, 10 — 8 Dan. 2,21 — 9 Psal. 112, 7 — 10—12 Luk. 1, 52—53 12 ffiob 38, 15 — 15 Psal. 97, 1 — 16—20 Psal. 135, 4. 17. 18. 23 A1H V1P3 M2P1P2 1—3 nicht alles mehr von 1. Hd. A1 3 αὐτὸν V1P3…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    hrist should be made known to the Gentiles so long after His birth. On the contrary, It is written ( Dan. 2:21 ): "He changes time and ages." Consequently the time of the manifestation of Christ's birth seems to have been arranged in a suitable order. I answer that, Christ's birt…

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